What about an (automatic) skin upload within the game?

Just when you entered a server and chose your car/skin and the message "your skin could not be found on lfsnet" there could be an option "do you want to upload it now? y/n".

wouldn't it be nice?

I agree.

I don't like it. If you are too lazy to upload it yourself, don't cause lag for others who are racing. If we had this option, then I would guess almost no one would upload it themselves, thus we would have every car entering uploading while everyone else is trying to download it not being able to because it is still uploading, just sounds like I mess to me.

Why would it lag the others? It would be just between you and the master server, the game server wouldn't have anything todo with it.
Of course, after you'd uploaded it, the otehr would have to download it, but it would be exactly the same as if someone with a new skin you don't already have joins.

It might effect the server as you would be using some of your own bandwidth to upload to the skin to LFS world and thus leaving a little less for your connection between you and the game server.

If a few people were doing this all at the same time or if someone had a not so great connection it could effect the rest of the server, i.e. 1 or 2 people lagging out the rest of the server. But I dunno if it would really be that bad, probably not.

I'd still rather every use every bit of their bandwidth on the game though (also not using MSN, P2P, that kind of stuff), it's easy enough to just upload the skins as you do now.

Quote from mrodgers :

I don't like it. If you are too lazy to upload it yourself, don't cause lag for others who are racing.

think it over. there's no difference in you manually uploading a skin (which you have forgotten to) using your webbrowser in the background while in the garage, being logged on to a server, to have it done automatically.

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If we had this option, then I would guess almost no one would upload it themselves, thus we would have every car entering uploading while everyone else is trying to download it not being able to because it is still uploading, just sounds like I mess to me.

Once it's uploaded, it's uploaded. How often do you upload new skins? Once per race???

For all I care, having an option to upload skins from within the game (not even connected to a server) would be enough. Having it automatized for forgetful people like me would be the cherry.



Edit: ok, I was typing for a long time... I see it just the way ColeusRattus sees it.

Quote from garph :

It might effect the server as you would be using some of your own bandwidth to upload to the skin to LFS world and thus leaving a little less for your connection between you and the game server.

If a few people were doing this all at the same time or if someone had a not so great connection it could effect the rest of the server, i.e. 1 or 2 people lagging out the rest of the server. But I dunno if it would really be that bad, probably not.

I'd still rather every use every bit of their bandwidth on the game though (also not using MSN, P2P, that kind of stuff), it's easy enough to just upload the skins as you do now.

hmm
2+mbit down and 500kbit/s upload connections are very common now. I have a cheap connection, 1mbit/s up, 4mbit/s down guaranteed, unlimited data usage.

I think it is not a problem to upload skins automaticily, it would be great i think.

Configarable limit on the speed to upload skins (1-25kbyte/s) and limit download speed of skins(1-80) would be great!

wishlist?

Is relative for each user and conection

I found annoying to go LFSD to upload a skin , when is more practical upload from the game

The thing is , for low end pc users (Like Me) every time the game download a skin and Before download say "Apllicating Skin" in yellow , i have a half second of freeze and is very annoying , and dont come with , Defrag you HD , because is Defraged

There should ve and option to when de game is applied the skin you can chouse Y / N

+one million...

I like the idea too.

Lag? what lag, if anything is to lag it would be you, the uploader, no one else would be hit by the master server.

A definite yes.

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When the "skinner" is too lazy to upload his skin manualy to lfsworld I´m pretty sure it´s not worth to download it...

...Sorry, not interested in half-done-high-res-skins!

Someone forgetting to upload their OWN skin is probably unlikely.

Lets say im looking for a cool skin, i find one and put it in my folder. I go in game and find out it hasnt been uploaded. Why might someone think it wasnt uploaded? maybe hi res? So i click yes, supoosedly, and it tells me to resize it. Now i alt tab, use my computers resources and (supposdely) cause lag by opening a image processor / resizer or some sort.



It isnt worth it. People who put hours into creating a skin are not going to forget to resize and upload. People who are looking for a free skin and are too lazy (to make one and to upload) arent worth the time and effort to put that in IMO.

Quote from VoiD :

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When the "skinner" is too lazy to upload his skin manualy to lfsworld I´m pretty sure it´s not worth to download it...

...Sorry, not interested in half-done-high-res-skins!

I personally don't find logging onto LFSworld for such a simple action is exactly convinient, and I am not a half bad skinner myself.

many skins may not worth a download, but its other people's personal identity, you have to respect that, it's their right to have their personal skin put online, and be seen when they are racing.

Quote from MijnWraak :

So i click yes, supoosedly, and it tells me to resize it. Now i alt tab, use my computers resources and (supposdely) cause lag by opening a image processor / resizer or some sort.

I don't think you would alt tab when you are actually on track?

when you are in the pits, you won't cause any sort of lag at all.

Quote from JJ72 :

I don't think you would alt tab when you are actually on track?

when you are in the pits, you won't cause any sort of lag at all.

Did you not see "supposedly" which i mispelled twice?

I included that because other people said it might. So i added supposedly because i honestly didnt think so either. Maybe you would alt tab on track in a cruise server (puts on flame suit) but mostly likely not on a race server.

I think it is a wonderful idea...but who said you would have to be in a server for it to upload. Maybe try something along the lines of uploading it right after it converts it into dds and have it resize itself and upload it to lfsw. Then it will be uploaded by the time you get to a server. As a skinner, its just another step to do and it gets quite old actually to have to make a high res version and this make another version but smaller size just to host on lfsw. Something that took care of this issue or atleast help it would work wonders.

+1 I like the idea

+1
is easier